In keeping with a primary mission of Maryland community colleges--to provide comprehensive continuing education for state residents--the State Board for Community Colleges encourages each college to provide a broad range of courses and services to meet the unique needs of respective service area residents. The Board also recognizes that state funding priorities must be established and that certain activities and courses not be supported by state funds. This manual, divided into nine chapters, sets forth the guidelines and procedures that relate to state participation in approving continuing education courses. Chapter 1 deals specifically with guidelines and procedures and covers such items as enrollments, course funding, fees, and approval, recordkeeping, and courses offered jointly by two or more institutions. Chapter 2 covers evaluation criteria for noncredit courses, both those funded by the state and those not funded. Chapters 3, 4, 5, and 6 explain how to fill out state required course approval and funding forms. Chapter 7 describes resubmission procedures relative to state funding, new course titles and numbers, and increases/decreases in course hours. Chapters 8 and 9 discuss appeal and biannual review processes, respectively. A glossary of terms is appended. (TR)